William Rocamora Katowitz, MD
Independent provider

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency: Scheie Eye Institute
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Moorfields Eye Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Katowitz is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Zhao AT, Katowitz WR Thyroid Eye Disease Research From 2010 to 2024: An Analysis of Social Media Impact Versus Traditional Citation Metrics , Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg: 2025


Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Binenbaum G, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Periorbital Outcomes and Vision Risk Stratification in Treacher Collins Syndrome , Plast Reconstr Surg, 156(2): 2025,246e-256e


Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Binenbaum G, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Periorbital Outcomes and Vision Risk Stratification in Treacher Collins Syndrome , Plast Reconstr Surg., 156(2): 2025,246e-256e


Linaburg TJ, Binenbaum G, Buzi A, Spiller A, Yu Y, Ying GS, Katowitz WR. Association between congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and otitis media. , J AAPOS, 29(3): 2025


Zhao A, Katowitz W Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy outcomes in pediatric patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction , Orbit, 44(3): 2025,267-273


Han NA, Tolley PD, Zhao AT, Hu AC, Ryan IA, Cho DY, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Katowitz WR, Taylor JA. Ptosis and Craniosynostosis: Revisiting Syndromic and Surgical Associations. , J Craniofac Surg. : 2025


Marshall RF, Landau-Prat D. Strong A, Katowitz J, Katowitz W Ocular and Systemic Abnormalities in Punctal Agenesis , Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg , 41(2): 2025


Zhao AT, Luna GML, Katowitz WR Lateral Retrocanthal Orbital Decompression for Children With Thyroid Eye Disease: A Canthus-sparing Approach , Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 13(3): 2025


Hafazalla K, Ajmera S. Kundishora A, Katowitz W, Kennedy B Transpalpebral Transorbital Approach for Pediatric Temporal Epilepsy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video , Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown), 28(2): 2025,272


Zhao A, He J, Gui-Shuang Y, Katowitz W The Relationship Between Blepharoptosis and Psychosocial Health in the All of Us Research Program , Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg : 2024


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